Liszt could take the music of just about any composer and create a transcription for piano that sounded like the composer, yet was uniquely Liszt. Pianist Yundi Li offers Liszt's version of Verdi from Baden-Baden, Germany. Then another pianist, Jorge Luis Prats, plays a Liszt transcription of Bach at the Miami International Piano Festival. And Angele Dubeau and La Pieta play a Brahms-Liszt combination in Athens, Georgia.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Franz Liszt: "Liebestraum" No. 3
Pianist Evgeny Kissin
Carl Maria von Weber: Overture to "Der Freischutz"
The Dresden Philharmonic with conductor Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos
Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, West Palm Beach, Florida
Giuseppe Verdi and Franz Liszt: Concert Paraphrase after Verdi's Opera, "Rigoletto," S. 434
Pianist Yundi Li
Festspielhaus, Baden-Baden, Germany
Johann Sebastian Bach and Franz Liszt: Organ Prelude and Fugue in A Minor
Pianist Jorge Luis Prats
Miami International Piano Festival, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Johannes Brahms and Franz Liszt: "Hongroiseries"
Violinist Angele Dubeau and La Pieta
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia
Leonard Bernstein: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Clarinetist David Shifrin and pianist Anne-Marie McDermott
The New York Society for Ethical Culture, New York City
Hour 2
Chick Corea: "Spain"
Quartet San Francisco
Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, BWV 1049
The Academy of Ancient Music
Virginia Arts Festival, Portsmouth, Virginia
Joaquin Rodrigo: "Concierto de Aranjuez"
Guitarist Masao Tanibe with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor JoAnn Falletta
JoAnn Falletta International Guitar Concerto Competition, Buffalo
Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz: Tarantelas
Hesperion XXI
Musica Mundi Festival, Brussels, Belgium
Maurice Ravel: "Habanera"
Sheryl Staples, violin; Philip Myers, French horn; and Richard Bishop, piano
The Kosciuszko Foundation, New York City
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